REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) proposes a mechanism allowing it to use money confiscated from corruption convicts to finance anti corruption campaigns.

If allowed to use the money, KPK would be more effective in carrying out its program to eradicate or prevent corruption, deputy chairman of the anti graft agency Alexander Marwata said on the sidelines of a hearing with the Commission III of the House of Representative here on Tuesday.

Alexander said KPK would not expect to have sufficient fund from the state budget.

So far assets confiscated from corruption convicts have been handed over to the state treasury or the finance ministry as non tax state income (PNBP), he said.

KPK had confiscated assets worth hundreds of billion rupiahs from the cases of former chairman of the Constitutional Court Akil Mochtar, former leaders of the Democratic Party Anas Urbaningrum and Nazaruddin, he cited.

He said that such confiscated assets have been and would be reported to the finance ministry but KPK hopes that it could use the assets to help finance its operation.

He said the people could be encouraged to report suspected corruption and if the reports proves true, KPK wants to give them incentives.

"Such incentive is legal . There is a regulation on it but too small, only one per thousand of money recovered," he said.

So far KPK has not given such incentive, he said.

He said the proposal has been sent to the finance ministry but no answer forthcoming yet.

KPK made the proposal after the cash strapped government cut the budget for the agency to Rp766.78 billion for 2017 from Rp1.061 trillion set for 2016.

KPK has asked for an additional budget of Rp87.7 billion to be able to work more effectively to deal with rampant corruption in tyhe country.

KPK, police and the attorney general office have 200 corruption cases yet to be dealt with.

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